Word: claire
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Lydia Rios and Walter Clair '77, both fourth-year students, said a lack of role models on the faculty is another important reason students might be deterred from seeking faculty careers. "Role models rub off on you. A minority student sees the things a white role model is doing and says, "I want to teach,' but, as a minority, he may be discouraged from this," Clair says. He adds, however, that despite the obstacles a minority student faces in deciding to pursue an academic career, the problem does not lie only in getting students to do this. Clair does...
People at the Medical School are wary of reverse discrimination, Clair says, adding that some feel that actively recruiting minorities for faculty positions will result in a drop in standards. But this is not the case, Clair, who served as a student member of the Med School admissions committee during his second year, says. "Because of the intense competition for faculty positions, large numbers of highly qualified people get overlooked, and because minorities make up such a small percentage of those seeking positions, their chance of being overlooked is great. Active recruitment is simply a way of making qualified minorities...
...success in attaining a faculty position depends in part on ties he makes with faculty members while still a student, Clair said, adding that minority students often find it difficult to create these ties. "Faculty members find people they feel comfortable with, and often they feel more comfortable with majority students. There are also the socio-economic factors--people are often more comfortable with those from their own backgrounds...
...dessert one night, Cynthia B. ate a candy bar, two bags of cookies, an éclair, three sandwiches, crackers and dip, a jar of peanut butter and half a jar of jelly, raisins and berries, two slices of bread with cheese and mayonnaise, large pizza and four bowls of cereal. Then she made herself throw...